gznokes
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So there have been a few fairly interesting discussions on this site in the last little bit about deer getting stolen.
I am wondering if anyone can speak from first hand point of view about why people steal game. Does anyone here know someone who has blatantly done it? I'm not so interested in hearing stories about times where an animal was stolen as I am stories where the game thief has was confronted and confessed. Maybe someone knows someone who has confided to them that a long time ago they stole someone's deer for whatever reason. I'm wondering why people do it. What is the motivation? The stories where a deer is hanging in a tree or in camp and it gets ripped off are especially interesting to me. There is a whole spectrum of what is considered game theft. The wierd thing is that the one or two instances I know of entailed small bucks.
Here are my thoughts on why people steal
1. They want the meat
2. Revenge on some other hunter they are mad at.
3. They feel some social pressure to show they are successful hunters.
4. Value of the trophy
I am wondering if anyone can speak from first hand point of view about why people steal game. Does anyone here know someone who has blatantly done it? I'm not so interested in hearing stories about times where an animal was stolen as I am stories where the game thief has was confronted and confessed. Maybe someone knows someone who has confided to them that a long time ago they stole someone's deer for whatever reason. I'm wondering why people do it. What is the motivation? The stories where a deer is hanging in a tree or in camp and it gets ripped off are especially interesting to me. There is a whole spectrum of what is considered game theft. The wierd thing is that the one or two instances I know of entailed small bucks.
Here are my thoughts on why people steal
1. They want the meat
2. Revenge on some other hunter they are mad at.
3. They feel some social pressure to show they are successful hunters.
4. Value of the trophy